diff --git a/pymysql/connections.py b/pymysql/connections.py
index 94ea545f..3265d32e 100644
--- a/pymysql/connections.py
+++ b/pymysql/connections.py
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ def connect(self, sock=None):
                 except:  # noqa
                     pass
 
-            if isinstance(e, (OSError, IOError, socket.error)):
+            if isinstance(e, (OSError, IOError)):
                 exc = err.OperationalError(
                     CR.CR_CONN_HOST_ERROR,
                     "Can't connect to MySQL server on %r (%s)" % (self.host, e),